Alpine Skiing

SJC Women Place Second at Black Mountain Slalom Race

Posted: Jan 15, 2023

RUMFORD, Maine – The Saint Joseph's College women's alpine ski team placed second with 13 place points and a 5:33.20 composite time in a slalom race at Black Mountain on Sunday. UMaine-Farmington won the event with 12 points and a 5:31.55 effort.

UMaine-Orono was third with 33 place points while Bowdoin College (47 points), New England College (68), and Colby College (72) rounded out the competing teams in today's race.

Junior Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) highlighted the Monks' day with a second-place finish and a 1:44.49 (51.47, 53.02) effort. The Beavers' Lauren Kesson claimed the individual title with a 1:44.46 time and UMaine's Abigail Fischer earned third-place accolades with a 1:49.54 time.

THE RUNDOWN:

Junior Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) highlighted the Monks' day with a second-place finish and a 1:44.49 (51.47, 53.02) effort
Junior Maeghan Perkins (Turner, Maine) was fifth with a 1:53.92 (58.00, 55.92) time
Junior Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) raced to a sixth-place finish (1:54.79, 57.85 – 56.94)
Freshman Sienna Mack (Lincoln, N.H.) was ninth (1:59.19, 59.97 – 59.22)
Sophomore Lillian Souweine (Bangor, Maine) placed 14th (2:07.05, 1:04.09 – 1:02.96)
Sophomore Maddie Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) was sixth after the first run (55.42) but was disqualified on the second run

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will host a slalom race at Lost Valley in Auburn, Maine on Friday at 4:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.

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